and you can follow him on twitter for realtime updates. his twitter handle is yat kenwayne. >>> officials at newtown are asking the media to give the town some place during the week leading unto the first anniversary of the sandy hook shootings. a spokesperson for the town says they have no plans to host a public remembrance on saturday, december 14th. but some of the victims' families will be speaking at a news conference this afternoon. the sandy hook elementary shooting claimed the lives of 20 students and six teachers. >>> 8:48. let's check your commute right now. sal is coming back. what are you seeing back out there now? >> well, we've seen some improvement there, dave and tori. but i would say the whole commute has been very slow. i've been putting it on my facebook page. one, you think it will start to get lighter for the holidays. some people are saying next week. one person said said -- said not soon enough. this is highway 4, backed up to the bypass because of earlier problems through pittsburgh and -- or antioch and pittsburgh